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The Purposes of Paradise : U. S. Tourism and Empire in Cuba and Hawai'i.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812200034
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Purposes of ParadiseDDC classification:
  • 306.20973
LOC classification:
  • G155.C9 -- S56 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. First Fruits of a Tropical Eden -- Chapter 2. Garden Republics or Plantation Regimes? -- Chapter 3. Royal Resorts for Tropical Tramps -- Chapter 4. Revolutions, Reformations, Restorations -- Chapter 5 Travels to Another Revolution and to Statehood -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: The Purposes of Paradise shows how travel and tourism shaped U.S. imperialism in Cuba and Hawai'i between the 1850s, when expansionists imagined them as twin possessions, and revolution and statehood in 1959. It explores the relationships between imperial fantasies and political practices in Americans' favorite tropical isles.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. First Fruits of a Tropical Eden -- Chapter 2. Garden Republics or Plantation Regimes? -- Chapter 3. Royal Resorts for Tropical Tramps -- Chapter 4. Revolutions, Reformations, Restorations -- Chapter 5 Travels to Another Revolution and to Statehood -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

The Purposes of Paradise shows how travel and tourism shaped U.S. imperialism in Cuba and Hawai'i between the 1850s, when expansionists imagined them as twin possessions, and revolution and statehood in 1959. It explores the relationships between imperial fantasies and political practices in Americans' favorite tropical isles.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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